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Vertebrate Eyes: A New Evolutionary Hypothesis
Filed: Mar 06, 2026 at 2:02 PM ET
Summary: A study suggests vertebrate eyes evolved from a single organ, not directly from early bilaterian eyes.
WHO: Dan-Eric Nilsson and team
WHAT: Proposed hypothesis on vertebrate eye evolution
WHEN: Mar 06, 2026 at 9:23 AM ET
WHERE: Sussex, Lund
WHY: To explain differences in vertebrate and other animal eyes
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